Category: Trademark
Changes in Madrid Protocol
November 15, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:29 pm
The Madrid Protocol is a well-known international trademark registration and protection system for efficient and easy trademark filing and management. However, certain changes to the Madrid Protocol starting November 1, 2023, will come into effect. These changes are mainly: Stating the time limit within which
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Trademarking Colours
November 1, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 4:28 pm
The commencement of the Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2024 has seen luxury brands display their designs on the ramp again. Apart from designer clothes, this year also saw the debut of new signature colours of two beloved luxury brands-Burberry and Gucci. Alongside Hermes’s ‘Orange H’, Valentino’s
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Rejection Of Virtual Image
October 25, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:36 pm
In February 2022, Colt CZ Group SE (Colt) a Czech holding company filed an application to register a mark depicting an assault rifle as a European Union Trademark (EUTM)containing the word elements “CZ BERN 2”. The class applied for was under Classes 9, 35
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‘Taco Tuesday’ Tango
September 12, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:16 pm
The word expression ‘Taco Tuesday’ is of an unknown origin. But over the period of time, it has become a popular marketing tag line for the restaurants and bars to attract customers on a particular day of the week typically on Tuesday to sell the
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Feline defeats Jaguar
September 1, 2023
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 9:12 pm
Legal disputes which Jaguar and Puma Energy are embroiled in have been widely followed for some time now. The proceedings were initiated by Jaguar against Puma Energy, the primary contention being that the logos of both these companies display similar optical representations of wild felines.
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Chanel loses trademark dispute in China
July 16, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:31 am
Recently Chanel Co. lost a trademark infringement case relating to its ‘Double C’ logo in China. In 2016, the representatives of Chanel along with Guangzhou Haizhu District Administration for Industry and Commerce (Haizhu AIC) carried out a detailed investigation into a local jewellery store operated by
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Huawei files for Trademark for mobile OS called Harmony
July 15, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:37 am
In June 2019 Huawei had filed a trademark application for its mobile operating system, HongMeng OS. A month later, Huawei has applied for trademark for another mobile operating system called Harmony. Huawei found itself in a spot after Google revoked its Android license following the
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